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The next day, in the ruined Kurokas, all the residents who had originally been evacuated by the royal authorities and sent to take shelter returned.
Naturally, the sight of Kurokas reduced to ruins caused quite a commotion among the residents, and all kinds of rumors began to spread.
However, the kingdom had long prepared for this situation. It publicly held a speech, announced the entire course of events, suppressed the rumors, and stopped the residents from panicking.
Only then did people realize that so many things had happened the previous night.
A massive dragon invasion.
The Black Dragon that had destroyed an enormous country in the "Apocalypse" had appeared.
An evil mage had manipulated everything from behind the scenes, intending to harm everyone in this world.
And all of it had been stopped through the combined efforts of mages from the kingdom's major guilds.
That was all the information the kingdom released.
As for the details, such as the true purpose of the Grand Magic Games, the reason behind the Eclipse Plan, and Princess Emerald's misjudgment, none of that was made public.
It was not that Emerald did not want to reveal it, but because making those matters public would have an enormous impact on many things.
To say nothing else, the very existence of the Eclipse Gate, which could travel through time and space, already fell within the category of forbidden magic and severely violated the order of the magical world.
If the matter of Eclipse were made public, the Council of Magi would intervene.
At that point, conflict could arise between the kingdom and the Council of Magi, perhaps even developing